Reunited and it feels good
Published: December 4, 2006 | 5135th good news item since 2003
TWO Reading-born brothers spent a lazy afternoon at the pub – 47 years after they last saw one another.
When Derek Wheeler last saw sibling Clive, in 1959, the pair were not old enough to share a pint. Derek, who used to live in Tilehurst, lost contact with his brother after he (Derek) was adopted from a children’s home in Caversham.
Now, nearly 50 years on, the brothers have been reunited – thanks to an article in the Evening Post.
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After a relative read Derek’s plea to trace his siblings, the brothers made phone contact and arranged a reunion at the Hare and Hounds pub in Sonning Common.
Derek said: “It was a very nice occasion. It’s been many, many years since I last saw Clive.
“It took me one or two seconds to recognise him but when I did I knew it was definitely my brother.”
The reunited pair now plan another family event in Reading next year – by which time the brothers hope to have traced the whereabouts of their sister Maureen.
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